Hampshire Treasures

Page 265 - Ropley

Ropley lies some eight miles south west of Alton; it is the home of the
Hampshire Hunt. Tradition has it that Ropley supplied the honey for William the
Conqueror's mead. The church has been much restored but still shows the work of
six or seven centuries ago. Of interest are the old aumbry and piscina, the
fifteenth century font and an Elizabethan chalice. It seems likely that the
Pilgrims Way from Winchester to Canterbury passed through the parish via the
present Gascoigne Lane and Brislands Lane.